diff --git a/addons/web/common/session.py b/addons/web/common/session.py
index 905670404a9..ac0489b2ff3 100644
--- a/addons/web/common/session.py
+++ b/addons/web/common/session.py
@@ -107,8 +107,7 @@ class OpenERPSession(object):
         :returns: the new context
         """
         assert self._uid, "The user needs to be logged-in to initialize his context"
-        self.context = self.model('res.users').context_get(self.context)
-        self.context = self.context or {}
+        self.context = self.build_connection().get_user_context() or {}
 
         return self.context